Inspect and Super Healthy Hives
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What happens here
The beekeeper, now in full protective gear, approaches the thriving beehives. He first smokes the hive entrance and lifts the outer and inner covers. Using the hive tool and frame remover, he inspects individual frames for capped brood (indicating a healthy queen and new bees) and uncapped honey stores. If a hive is strong and needs more space for honey production, he adds a new medium super with assembled frames on top. He ensures the frames are evenly spaced within the super, respecting 'bee space' to prevent the bees from building unwanted comb. For highly productive hives, multiple supers can be added. He also mentions the option of using a queen excluder if the bees lay brood in the honey supers.
Goal: Expand healthy hives to promote honey production and prevent overcrowding.